Unlucky 13th finish for Gagan Narang in World Cup shooting
London Olympics bronze medalist misses air rifle final by a whisker as other Indians finish poorly in US championship.
- NDTVSports
- Updated: May 07, 2013 11:54 AM IST
London Olympics bronze medalist Gagan Narang finished 13th in the World Cup in Fort Benning, US. According to reports, Narang shot 621.5 and missed the final by 0.7 point. The Hyderabad-based marksman needed to score 10.6 in his final shot to qualify but came up with 9.8. The ace Indian shooter was at his best in the fifth and sixth series when he shot 106.0 and 104.6 respectively, but he had conceded much ground in the first four rounds when he had shot 103.5, 101.8, 103.4 and 102.2.
Other Indians in the fray Chain Singh shot 619.4 to be placed 20th in a field of 47 while Sanjeev Rajput was 36th with a total of 612.0.
Former world and Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra was missing from the line-up as he was caught up with a back problem apart from the demands of representing the athletes in the IOC meeting to be held in Lausanne on May 15. Bindra had chosen to skip the second World Cup of the season after a 15th finish in the first World Cup in Korea. He will be competing at his favourite venue Munich in the third World Cup for rifle and pistol later this month.